INTERNALLY DISPLACED PEOPLE IN SRI LANKA

Early day motion 2215, tabled 22 May 2006 by Brian Binley (Conservative). Signed by 42 members.

That this House expresses its deep concern at the plight of 135,000 displaced citizens, mostly Muslims, who have been living in the most abject poverty in 35 camps in the Putalam area of Sri Lanka for 16 years as a result of internal conflict not of their own making; and calls upon the Government to do all it can to raise their profile and motivate support and help to ensure that these forgotten people whose plight has been seemingly overlooked by the world can begin to look forward with more hope and confidence.

Signatures by party: Labour 21, Liberal Democrat 12, Conservative 5, DUP 1, Respect 1, Social Democratic and Labour Party 1, UUP 1.